I have evolved as a gamer the exact opposite of Wombat. When I was younger i had more time and I played pc rpgs. The Ultimas. Wizardry. ....sunk tens and tens of hours into those games.

Now though I have less time. Less patience. I have done the Elder Scrolls stuff in games before albeit with much lesser graphics. I can't muster the time nor attention span to sift through a billion pieces of equipment and objects nor spend hours configuring my character nor wander barren lands for hours looking at beautiful landscapes and herky jerky animation. Feels too masturbatory to plow 150 hours into something like SkyRim not that there is anything wrong with that.

I really have rejected that type of game. And now would rather see a focused effort. A game that trades quantity for quality. Something easy to get into but challenging too. Something with some craftsmanship instead of everything and the kitchen sink. Something where I do not have to spend a lot of time trying to find the fun.

I see Zelda as the one of the closest Games to that ideal. It almost like I have come full circle.

I guess for my 2 kids and I Zelda is like a Spongebob cartoon or a Pixar movie. I appreciate the craftsmanship and absorb some of the story lines that fly over the heads of my kids while they of course marvel at the young Link and how he slays the monsters and rescues everybody.

Not that is a perfect game. Never understood the point of money in the game and sometimes you get the tedious must do fetch quests. Also never played all the Zeldas before the GC either.

But I stare at SkyRim and just see a time sink and a half. If it was co op at least like a Diablo maybe, but ...too much work. Too much quantity. Btw, Elder Scrolls was One of the businesses Steve Jobs wanted to reimagine next. TV was first. Then I think it was cameras. Next Elder Scrolls.

Yes, I too would like to know where I could find more Arnold commentary (full length .mp3 would be awesome, never watched that movie so maybe it would be interesting to "telephone" my review of the movie). lol

I don't get why people always mention the dates and hanging out with friends in GTA IV. It was completely optional and didn't really affect anything.

I just finished the story in SR 3. It was okay, over in about 9 hours, felt sort of quick. Really, the main thing I was thinking within the last few hours of it was "man, I can't wait for GTA V". I don't know, I just think the whole wacky, off the wall humour stuff isn't my thing. Didn't really find the game particularly funny and that seems like the main selling point.

Great episode, though. Cheapy's "I have a fine mace. A fine fucking mace" had me dying laughing for some reason. Can't wait for the Black Friday 'cast!

Edit: Cheapy, definitely go activate the Steed Stone in Skyrim. Shit is a godsend. You can also have your companion (if you roll with one) carry a ton of stuff for you. That's helped me out big time. And Shipwreck was right, they position three of the guardian stones literally right in front of you when you first exit the intro. The Warrior, Thief, and Mage stones, with different bonuses respectively. I think the Steed Stone is definitely the most useful, though.

Cheapy, for easy money in Skyrim, craft daggers (iron ingot + leather strip) and then enchant them with your most valuable enchantment you have available. (Banish is the most profitable I've seen so far.) Use petty soul gems since they're the least costly and easiest to fill. You should be able to sell these for easy profit to general goods stores and weapon traders.

I don't which Steve Jobs biography Shipwreck was listening to on Audible but I just finished the Walter Issacson official biography and he was horrible, horrible person. Not just to employees but those closest to him. A selfish, self-centered jerk that took credit for others ideas. Shipwreck forgot to mention how much he cried, a grown man who literally cried when he couldn't get his way. Cried a lot. Rolling Stone magazine even ruled that in hindsight he was an asshole. This isn't a comment on Apple products. This is just about the man himself.

I don't which Steve Jobs biography Shipwreck was listening to on Audible but I just finished the Walter Issacson official biography and he was horrible, horrible person. Not just to employees but those closest to him. A selfish, self-centered jerk that took credit for others ideas. Shipwreck forgot to mention how much he cried, a grown man who literally cried when he couldn't get his way. Cried a lot. Rolling Stone magazine even ruled that in hindsight he was an asshole. This isn't a comment on Apple products. This is just about the man himself.

I knew this before he died, and why I found it appalling when G4 ran a full day marathon dedicated to him when he did die. He is not a person to be looked up to in any way.

Cheapy, I have the same problem. I've been playing for about 18 hours, and I just scrounged up enough money to buy a house in Whiterun. Then, I went in and it was a dump, but at least I could store stuff. I had to switch my guy over to light armor to be able to carry stuff, but it almost doesn't matter since the vendors won't buy so many items and they'll never give you anywhere the listed value, and they couldn't anyway because they have such limited funds. You're not alone in being upset with the economy.

Also, I totally agree with your point about the character not being visible in the menu. That is standard RPG fare, and its omission is completely ridiculous. The UI needs work.

In regards to the performance of the Kindle Fire: I would say that its performance is lower than the iPad because of the resolution difference. The iPad is 1074x768 and the Fire is 1280x800. The Fire also wasn't meant to be an iPad killer in anyway.

It's also best in class. I doubt you'll find a better tablet, or even a similar tablet, for less than $300.

Hey Cheapy, quick tip for making money in Skyrim. Just loot a bunch of shit like armor and weapons from dead enemies and fast travel to different towns and sell them to the merchants until they run out of money. Rinse and repeat at different merchants. It's super easy to make a ton of money that way.

If you do Guild quests, they provide plenty of awesome gear so you rarely need to buy gear if you need better gear. Since you're going mage, you should do the Guild quests at College of Winterhold. Awesome mage gear can be obtained there. I'm going one-handed melee mainly but my dude acts like a Battlemage now from what I got there.

Also, the stones that give you blessings are called Guardian Stones. The three Shippy mentioned were at the beginning after the first dungeon. You should've come across it if you followed the dude who helped you. If you left him then you probably missed it.

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